(P/B) CAUSATION

Παρουσίαση

This volume presents a selection of the most influential recent discussions of the crucial metaphysical question: What is it for one event to cause another? The subject of causation bears on many topics, such as time, explanation, mental states, the laws of nature, and the philosophy of science. Contributors include J.L Mackie, Michael Scriven, Jaegwon Kim, G.E.M. Anscombe, G.H. von Wright, C.J. Ducasse, Wesley C. Salmon, David Lewis, Paul Horwich, Jonathan Bennett, Ernest Sosa, and Michael Tooley. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Introduction
Causes and Conditions, J. L. Mackie
Defects of the Necessary Conditional Analysis of Causation, Michael Scriven
Causes and Events: Mackie on Causation, Jaegwon Kim
Causality and Determination, G. E. M. Anscombe
Causal Relations, Donald Davidson
On the Logic and Epistemology of the Causal Relation, G. H. von Wright
On the Nature and Observability of the Causal Relation, C. J. Ducasse
Probabilistic Causality, Wesley C. Salmon
Causality: Production and Propagation, Wesley C. Salmon
Causation: Reductionism versus Realism, Michael Tooley
Causation, David Lewis
Causes and Counterfactuals, Jaegwon Kim
Lewis's Program, Paul Horwich
Event Causation: The Counterfactual Analysis, Jonathan Bennett
Varieties of Causation, Ernest Sosa